African Continent 1860 Stanford SDUK transitional engraved map Chur each mounted long ago to

each mounted long ago to a backing sheet

5" x 3 1/2"

Harpers Weekly was a popular news periodicals of its day and was profusely illustrated with charming and well executed wood engraved images created exclusively for it

Issued Amsterdam

perforated library name stamped at lower left in reverse so it looks like braille and is easy to overlook or forgive

African Continent 1860 Stanford SDUK transitional engraved map Chur each mounted long ago toAfrica. (Africa, Continent, Unexplored Regions, Madagascar, Sudan, Abyssinia, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria). Issued c. 1859 60, London, by Edward Stanford for Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). Engraved by J. & C. Walker. Scarce later issue of the continent, showing modifications to the plate from previous earlier states. Arnauld 1841, Petherick 1857 8, Anderson 1854 & 1859 noted within map. Mountains of